Here’s Why We Don’t Use Gunpowder to Power Cars

It’s a thought I am 100 percent certain you have all considered at some point. Guns use a big explosion to shoot a bullet REALLY fast, so why don’t we use the awesome power behind a speeding bullet to make a car go as fast as, well, a speeding bullet? Science, my friends. Science is the answer.

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Author: Michael Ballaban on Jalopnik, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

How to Go Camping With Little Kids

For the uninitiated, camping with small children may seem like a dramatic dinner party story waiting to happen. There are so many unknowns. Will a wad of burnt marshmallow get stuck in your kid’s hair? Will he faceplant in the dirt on the middle-of-the-night trudge to the bathroom? Will she beg to go home for the…

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Author: Michelle Woo on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo to Lifehacker